Reviewing the Past (Deut. 29:1-8)

7/7/2009 7:49 AM

 

SPIRITUAL DIARY

 

Bible Reading & Meditation               Focus:           Reviewing the past

 

Bible Reading & Meditation               Reference:  Deut. 29:1-8

 

            Message of the verses:  “1 ¶  These are the words of the covenant which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the sons of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant which He had made with them at Horeb. 2  And Moses summoned all Israel and said to them, "You have seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh and all his servants and all his land; 3  the great trials which your eyes have seen, those great signs and wonders. 4  "Yet to this day the LORD has not given you a heart to know, nor eyes to see, nor ears to hear. 5  "I have led you forty years in the wilderness; your clothes have not worn out on you, and your sandal has not worn out on your foot. 6  "You have not eaten bread, nor have you drunk wine or strong drink, in order that you might know that I am the LORD your God. 7  "When you reached this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon and Og the king of Bashan came out to meet us for battle, but we defeated them; 8  and we took their land and gave it as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of the Manassites.”

            I wish to begin this SD with a quote from the Apostle Paul:  “1 ¶  Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things again is no trouble to me, and it is a safeguard for you.”  Chapter twenty-nine is called a miniature Deuteronomy, for in this chapter Moses goes over or summarizes what He has already written, and one must remember that the word Deuteronomy means the renewing of the Law, as Moses went over the Law for this next generation who was about to embark on the Promised Land. 

            This is also the first sub-section of Warren Wiersbe’s book “Be Equipped” entitled “The Covenant Renewed” which covers the entire 29^th chapter of Deuteronomy.

            There is a lot of repeating in the Word of God and since the Holy Spirit is the author of the Bible it is a sure thing to believe that this was done entirely on purpose for good reasons, one of which is that people tend to forget the things that they should remember and remember the things that they should forget.  Another reason is that in the nation of Israel the Levites and the priests had a copy of God’s Word while the common people did not so it was good to repeat these things so that they would remember.

            In these first eight verses of the 29^th chapter of Deuteronomy Moses goes over how the Lord had brought them this far by defeating the Egyptians, and other nations that had been defeated, and also that God feed them and gave them water, and that their clothes and shoes did not wear out and all of these things were miracles of the grace of God and good to remember.

 

            Spiritual meaning for my life today:  I must also remember the what the grace of God has done in my life as I remember not only how God saved me, but also how He has led me this far through my life here on earth and blessed me in many, many ways of which I probably have not been thankful for to the extent that I should, for without the grace of God I would be on my way to a Christ less eternity and would have missed out on how God has been caring for me ever since I have been born again.  Paul writes in 1 Thes. that the believer is to give thanks for everything that happens in their life for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for them.  In other words God is in control and is working everything for the good of His children so don’t sweat the small stuff.

 

My Steps of Faith for Today:

 

1. Give myself to the Lord for worship and service.
2. Learn to love the Lord Jesus Christ more each day.
3. Trust the Lord to guide my path.
4. Trust the Lord to protect me with His Spiritual Armor:  The belt of truth, the breastplate of righteousness, the shoes of the gospel of truth, the shield of faith, the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God.
5. Trust the Lord to teach me and for me to learn contentment.
6. Trust the Lord to guide my path today.
7. Keep a short list with the Lord and ask the Holy Spirit to search my heart of unconfessed sin.

 

Memory verses for the week:                                  Ephesians 3:17-20

 

17.  so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

18.  may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and the length and the height and depth,

19.  and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.

20.  Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask of think, according to the power that works within us,

 

7/7/2009 8:33 AM